Texas Frontier Quiz- Week 22

Who were the leaders that recruited warriors and led raiding parties into the Panhandle of Texas for control of their ancestral lands?

• Quanah Parker and Isa-tai

• Comanche and Kiowa leaders

• Comanche leaders Isa-tai and Quanah Parker

• Kiowa and Cheyenne leaders

What was one of the greatest achievements for the United States during the settling of the Texas frontier?

• The invention of the cotton gin

• The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad

• The signing of peace treaties with all tribes

• The discovery of oil in Texas

What was a significant negative impact of the railroad on the native tribes?

• It increased educational opportunities for the tribes

• It destroyed the bison population, which was a main source of food and clothing for the tribes

• It improved relations between settlers and tribes

• It led to the tribes gaining more land

What did the American tribes become dependent on after the bison herds were depleted? Remember they had to adapt!

• Trade with other tribes

• Hunting other animals

• The government for food and supplies

• Agriculture and farming

What was the primary economic activity in Texas before the cattle industry grew in the 1880s?

• Cotton farming

• Sheep herding

• Cattle ranching

• Oil production

What was the main reason cowboys drove the cattle to the railheads?

• To find new grazing lands

• To sell the cattle at a higher price

• To protect the cattle from predators

• To breed the cattle with other herds

What was Richard King's profession before he became a rancher?

• Lawyer

• Soldier

• Jeweler

• Teacher

What did Lizzie Johnson Williams do that was unusual for women at the time?

• She became a teacher

• She drove her own cattle on the Chisholm Trail

• She wrote a book about cattle ranching

• She invented a new breed of cattle

What was the Goodnight-Loving Trail used for?

• To transport cattle to markets in New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

• To move settlers into Texas

• To trade goods with the Comanche tribe

• To establish new ranches in Colorado and New Mexico

Why did Charles Goodnight partner with Oliver Loving?

• To create a new breed of cattle

• To drive cattle through Indian Territory to Colorado

• To negotiate a truce with the Comanche chief

• To start a farm in Texas